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The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-03

L'eclipse de soleil de vendredi 10 10 a
et6 6tndie dams beancoup des villes
Qu'elle q traversees, mails de t~raftres
nu6es 90 sont sur beaucoup de points
opposes a n observation complete.
Plus malin que SEES confreres, le vieux
pr0fesseur MendeleR de Klintz en- Rus.
sie q fait une ascension en- ballon pour
metre pas gene par-ses~auages ct La,
au-dessus d,eux, il a pu voir to1
aise, apres quot il est d6scehdd sd
Moscou.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-03

Every horse owner should have o copy
of that admirable work, "A Treatise on
the Horse and His Diseases, y by DR.. Ken
dali. A few copies-English or German
for sale at this office at Csc. per copy.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-03

Ae dynamite en- Ballon.-La section
VI aeronautes militaires allemands
ials aes essais ayant pour but de lancer
&c grandes masses dc dynamite contra
les Notifications ennemies.
Des que.leur ballon planera au-dessus
des Notifications qui doivenE Afre aIsa
quees, on laIssera tomber d Giles. m
moyen apparel e~lectrique, plu-
qIalntaux dc dynamite. AfnI
qason pulsso s'assurer 81 ION 30 tronva
oaen au.dessus DIES Notifications, "a lu-
do ballon. ps0 aa oas
y. quantite dc dynamite lanc6e ia
sIa gre 90 force 4 briser des yoffesl
e plnsieurs metres. oa's
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-03

As2sease, sir, lisa letter Miss LIS est
Srsssto faltereds she, ssbut pie,
quill faudk.ant Brc GEN.
trales. II est arrfabrSa as visi-
tours, les capitalists, eG1'on est assure
d'y faire de bons placements. Les
planteurs sont fatigues de la culture de
cotton. Qui est pleine d'incertitudes ct
dun; pauvre rapport. lis sont anx-
ieux de planter la came ct de la yen-
Dire a Ia tonne, aux usines centrales.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-03
Le Times, Shreveport, paroisse Cad

lie Times, Shreveport. paroisse Cad.
do, du 25 ao0t:
LIE general w. j. Behan, un de
nos INDUSTRIES les plus habiles de Ia
Nouvelle-Orleans fait construire un
chemin de fer allant de la Station
Prudhomme, sur le New Orleans Pa.
cIic, q Natchitoches. Cette ligne, de
~ a Is miles dc long, e acheyse en-
octobre proclaim. lie general ne vent
pas que ID s'arr6te la nouyelle liane il
SO propose de l'etendre, lie long de Ia
yallee de la riviere Rouge. iusnu'a
Shreveport. La distance de Shreye-
port, par une route de premier ordre,
au point dc Vue des resources. est de
20 miles. 100000 acres, auiourd,1ni
sterlies, seraient, des lors, livr9s 4 Ia
culture, ct ie revenu que Ie pays en- til
reralt compenserait, ct bien an della. les
avances faites.
IN recoite, m~aintenant, plus de So
00O bales de cotton sur le territoire one
fraverserait IL chemin. A~uiourd,hui.
tout celia va d Ia Nouvelle-O Orleans. III
csest de la, aussi, que tous les plantenrs
.cotonniers font venir leurs provisions
ae toutess ortes. Get 6norme commerce.
nous reyiendrait, grace d Ia nouvelle
ligne.
IL est question d'etablir, lei, une
orasserie. Dams ee but, il va Sc former
eompagnie au capital de Sz5.000
liVis6 en- actions de 800. Lixtahl;sse.
tent ~empioierait .une quarantaine
NOMINEES, OF nous consommerions une
'iere latte chez nous, au lieu de la fare
.onis. g.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-03

De tristes nonvelles continnent d
nons paFvenir des regions inond6es de
r. partie basse de la Caroline du Sud !:
les debordenents des rivieres Santee,
savannah ct autres ont detrait pour
plns de 100000 de riz. ct maintenant
Fon &c den1ande ce que Ton fera des
negEes Qui n'auront aucnn emploi JUS
queen Janvier ct n'auront pas Occasion
dc faire I'm sou. III faudra les nourrir
pendant ces qnatre mois 81 on ne veut
pas qu'ils 6migrent ailleura.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-03

La If6sOyerie-Les PensiOns.-Wash.
iDgtoD, ID. G, 30 aodt-Malgr6 esforts
placements de pensions CO mois, s'6le-
want o $l6,3 900, lea recettes, ,iusqu'a
cette date, excellent de plus de 81, 300,
Y leg d6penses totales dnrantla meme
periodic.
Les ~recettes so0t dune moyenne de
plus dun million de piastres par jour,
et s'elevept actuellement. pour le mois
d'aodt, d $33.8I4 354,
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-03
Pour .nuee de Dfstrfct.

Nous sommes autoris6s a announcer M. L.. l.
place de JUICE du l3e District Judiciaire, com
pose des paroisses st. Landry ct Acadie, a la
prochaine election.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-03

Blank liens, for advances of supplies
by merchants, for sale at this Office.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-08-26

II cannot tell" he answers, with an
indifference which, under such circum-
stances, has in it something indescribably
ghastly; 81 didn't keep count of them
beyond hundIedp
"Pretty well, " mutters the inspector,
"but Col Taylor's prisoner, Ameer Ali,
owned to seven hundred."
Just then | noticed that the line of
novels has gap in it every here and
there, as if hut had fallen or been pulled
down, and the inspector tells me, with
look of unwonted awe upon his bold luff
face, that whenever one of these wretches
dies his house is instantly razed to the
ground, as if to efface his very memory
from the earth.
"Now, before we go,"I said to our
conductor, 81 mean to see for myself how
the strangling was done. Oblige me by
telling this man to put his moose round
my wrist, for l don't care to trust him
with my throat"
The savage eagerness with which the
withered old skeleton obeys the call--ss
if filed with fresh life even by the make
believe show of murder-is fearful to see.
Knottng a small coin into the corner of
his handkerchiefto to give him sure hold,
he slips the moose round my arm, and
then, bringing his knuckles together with
a sudden twist, gives my wrist squeeze
that almost makes the bones crack.
The awful change that passes over his
face at that moment battles all dcscrip-
ton. His dull, filmy eyes seem to blaze
with fire, his sharp white teeth are
laid bare in wolfsh grin, his shriveled,
corpse-like features quiver with a fero-
cious JOY so tiendish that an actual de-
mon starting up before men could scarce
ly be more appalling. The thought of
that face bending over some helpless man
in the gloomy depths of the forest, Just
as the fatal moose tightened, is altogether
too much for my nerves, and it is with a
long breath of relief that find myself
outside the fatal inclosure one more.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-08-26

The New Orleans Times Democrat
makes the statement that in recent years
the health of Louisiana has been i'm
proved fifty per cent. Diseases that
ravaged New Orleans and all the chief
towns" it says, "have been kept out by
better sanitary methods and by an effect
I've quarantine. The death rate is forty
per cent. less than in ante-bcllum days,
and is now as low as in any portion of
the country; the rate is fifty per cent.
less. If human life and human health is
to be counted in the balance, Louisiana
has made immense strides forward as
compared with the most prosperous
period before the war"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-08-26

One of the strongest arguments the liquor
men claim against prohibition is that it does
not prohibit. This is claimed here in Tennes-
see, where it has never been tried, and we
fail to understand how such n claim can be
established
They point to other states where it has been
tried and say it is not successful there, but
these people who inaugurated 1t say it is sue
cessful, and they are certainly the most re-
liable witnesses on the subject, and whyl
Simply because their sole object is the pro-
hibition of the manufacture and sale of
whiskey, and they are satisfied. If prohi-
bition did not prohibit they would be the first
ones to condemn it. They would want to
try something else.
But they male no complaint; on the con.
trary, they say prohibition is success They
do not ask for anything better. The prohi-
bition laws fill all the requirements, and,
consequently, it is success, and the temper
ance people do not ask for, nor wany, any
thing more efficient.
This is an argument that completely and
totally demolishes the statement which LIQUOR
men make to the effect that prohibition doeS
not prohibit. Chattanooga Commercial
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-08-26
Afraid of the Rum oIiparcbv.

A Phenixville cotemporary artly remarks:
o'TLe great papers of Philadelphia are wide
awake to the enorinity of the crime of color
ing noodles and other eatables with chrome
yellow, but they fail to catch on to the dance
of death going on by the coloring and other
deadly ingredients of the rum sold in their
midst And how strange that isn 1t might
seem strange, esteemed editor, but do you
not realize what miserable towards these
metropolitan brethren are. They make pre-
tensions Of being the educators of the public
morals, but dare not strike at the root of the
evil polluting the morals. They are abso-
lutely afraid of the rum oligarchy. Not
Philadelphia editor has the courage to court
the consequences of opposing the liquor traf.
fic. They ignore the greatest issue of the day
to deal with a few ignorant German bakers
using a substitute for eggs Chrome yellow
carries of some little innocent once q month,
perhaps but the close of each day marks a
dozen of funerals bearing to their final rest
ing places wrecks of what was once sturdy
manhood-victims of dram shops that are
pc mitted to confront the public at almost
every corner. Stepstones to disaster; foun-
dations to hell. West Grope Lsnn) ndepem
dent.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-08-26

A nugget of gold weighing 1856 ounces
and five pennyweights was recently
found near Breckenridge, Cal. 1t is
worth as a specimen close to S., 900. 1t is
said to be the largest lump of gold ever
found in California, but one almost, if
not quite as large, was taken from the
Little Annie mine in Summit District,
Rio Grande County, late in 1876. Aus
tralia produced the largest nugget of
gold ever discovered. 1t weighed 1876
pounds, and was found at Ballarat near
Geelong.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-08-26

A piece of ground in Philadelphia,
with frontage of sixteen feet on Chest
nut and thirty-four feet on Fourth street,
was recently sold for $S5, 900 or $156 a
square foot 1t was necessary to COM
plete building site in the heart of the
city, and therefore commanded this ey-
tr"ordinary hgure. This is the highest
price ever paid for real estate in America.
The one next to it, perhaps, was on Wall
street, New York city, where lot sold
for $145 square foot.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-08-26
Sizing Up a Pest.

The origin of the name mosquito is by
no means so familiar to us as its person
ality. Formerly the deviations of the
word, if the notions of the experts were
at all worthy of attention, were almost
as numerous and diverse as the number of
the experts themselves. Worcester's die
tionary tells us that the word originally
came from the Spanish or Portuguese, and
that it has been varieusly spelled mus
quito "musquetoe," muscheto"
''moschetto, "mosqueto, "mosquetto,"
''muscheto," "muschetto, 'musketoe,"
"musketo," ''musketto," "musqueto,"
and 'musquetto." Smart informs us
what usage has already told US, that
'moschetto," "musqucto" and other
forms yield in frequent occurrence to the
one given (mosquito), which may be
considered to be the established one in
our language. - Chicago Mail
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-08-26

An electric headlight has been recently
introduced on an engine of the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad
which has given entire satisfaction in
regular USE and has achieved some re-
markable results in Illuminating the
track ahead for great distance. A pho
tograph was taken by its light on the
railroad near Cleveland, showing the
telegraph poles clearly for three-quarters
OF a mile ahead A newspaper has been
read by the light four miles away, and the
time discerned by n watch at distance
of nine miles The reflection of the
light in the clouds has been noticed
twelve miles away. The light used is a
2500-candle power arc light with special
reflector designed for the purpose, and a
feed for the carbons, which gives con-
slant light despite the jar of the train.
The engine for driving the dynamo is
also of special type, designed to over
come certain difficulties incident to tl+e
conditions of working on a running To-
/ comotive, and it is said to answer its
! purpose admirably.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-08-26

1t is we'll to know the safest kind oil
tree to take refuge under in thunder
storm. A farmer, who has known of
twenty eight forest trees being struck by
lightning, says that nine were oaks,
seven poplars, four naples, three will
lows, and the others were chestnut,
horse chestnut, walnut, hawthorn and
elm. 1t is popular belief in South
Carolina that lightning never strikes the
nalmetto
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-08-26

The New York Sun asserts that "the
mosquito can be readily knocked out by
hanging in the window bunch of green
pennyroyal herb, or where this is not OBJ
tainable few drops of the oil of penny
royal upon the pillow will insure safety
from their attacks and a nights rest.
Pennyroyal herb, however, is common
everywhere"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-08-26

One of the regrets of the Israelites
when they "in their hearts again turned
back to Egypt" was for the onions
which they used to eat in the land of
their bondage. 1t is to be noted that
Egypt is again becoming land of onion
culture. Large quantities are yearly
shipped to Europe from Alexandria and
other ports. A few years ago the trade
hardly existed, while in two months of
last year alone IA, 900 tons were shipped
to Liverpool.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-08-26

Sixty thousand orange trees are on
their way to California from Japan,
where they were shipped on board of an
English bark in the harbor of Yoko-
hama. With them also comes a mis-
celiane us assortment of over 90,000
trees and shrubs, indigenous to Japan,
which it is proposed to acclimatize in
Col;fornio
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-08-26
VOL. XIV.
ISLAND POND VERMONT, AUGUST 26, 1887

A new theory of the final destruction
of the earth is that the polar ice is pene-
trating the interior of the globe like a
wedge, and that as soon as it reaches the
furnace there will be an explosion that
will split the world into pieces too small
for truck patches.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-08-26

James Parton says: Farming appears
to have completely passed out cf the
thoughts of young men in the Eastern
States as desirable career. Is not this
somewhat strange in Nation. the foun-
ders and first rulers of which were farm.
ers almost to a manm
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-08-26

According to the statistics gathered
by DIR. Lindsey, of the New Haven
Board of Health, consumption claims a
larger ratio of victims among the foreign
born population of New England than
among natives. The Irish are particu-
larly subject to it.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-08-26

"Ethel dear" he asked tenderly, edo
you believe in love in cottage2"
''Yes, indeed, " she answered enthusi-
astically, 'if the cottage is at Long
Branch. "-Meg York San
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-08-26
One army Of the living God
10 whose command we bow,
Part of the host have GRO sed the flood

and l expect to see the day when all do
Nominations of Christians shall join hands
around the cross of Christ and reoits the
creed: II believe in God thu Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth, and il Jesus
Christ, and in the communion Of ints, and
in the life everlasting" May God ilspire us
all with the largest hearted Christian cliarit -
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-08-26
SKETCH OF ESSEX CO., VT.
By H. G. BENTON,
NativPOf I uildhall.

Covering period of over 122 years
Of most interesting nature, and about
wonderfully smart and daring people.
The book is not confined to the town
of Guildhall alone, but includes as
we'll all the towns at one time known
us Upper Coos"
All about the first settlement made
in Coos or Essex counties. First mills
erected in the above named counties.
"The Old Essex Bank" New ideas
regarding the famous Rogers expedi-
tion. Journal kept by the first man
who ever explored this section; his
party first striking Indians at Guild
hall or Northumberland, &C., sc.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-06-04

Dr. J. De Prati's Hamburg Figs, "A
crystalized fruit calhartig 4 discovery
Of the greatest interest u tho Medical
Profession, A boon to every household.
A most delicious laxative Or purgatiye
prepared from fruits and vegetables So
perfectly harmless that they may be adj
ministered with entire safety 70 an in.
FAINT. So oficacious 70 aanlss that a sin
gle dose will prove Their value, and SO
elegant q preparation That it needs only
to be presented to tho public 10 become
anecessity iu every household throughout
the land For liver complaints, habitual
constipation, indigestion, dyspepsia and
piles, they arc specific, 70 travellers
BY sea aud land they viii be found inyal-
liable; they are positively unfeiling IN
their action, and this ia the only medi.
cine ever offered 10 the public that is ac-
ceptable to the taste, and SO pleasant
that children win eat the 1gs as eagerly
as candy, For sale by every druggist
throughout the world Price, 20 cents q
box. J, ]. Mack y Co, Props, Q and
ii Front Street, San Francisco, Cal
Arizona silver belt., 1887-06-04
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. Those Of our people disposed to en-
Wy the good fortune OF other counties
OF the IcTIiorE, winch are cNperleh-
eng OF on '"1 e'e"' tan" '"'mS' over
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aa''roa"' !" 'o'' river '"','E a"" 'A
lon'o--" continuous S'Fo'cn o. '"'$
m''eS' AI' 'n's ian" can o' cultivated J
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Arizona silver belt., 1887-06-04

The only effect of the Interstate
Commerce law, thus far, has been to
unsettle the gutire carrying trade of
the country and work serious injury
TO some Of the railroads, and to GER
tain towns and localities. 1t has also
given tho roads an excuse for with
drawing all passes, but we have yet to
hear of any decided benefit through
the operation of the law. 1t is appar-
ent that the law will need a complete
'oyerhaulIng by Congress before it will
serve the purpose for which it was
intended, and even then It is question
abs if any law regulating the rail
roads of so vast a country as the
United States, with its varying con-
,ditions,c can ever be made applicable TO
all railroads, without unjust discum-
iuation, the very evil which is sought
to prevent.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-06-04
r.nRnEraMaAL rerles.
Ucndensod from 0ar Exchanges for
sfIser xErEfr sseaders.


Gov zuIick has goue to Yuma.
1T Is expected that the Maricopa &
Phoenix railroad will be completed 70
Tempe by the 18th inst.
The opinion is general 1T Prescott
that Sam Shun, recently found dead,
was murdered for his money,
The Ash Forks and Fort WhipPie
Barracks telegraph line was recently
sold to L. IL. Wilson for S400.
Our Tucson exchanges are satisfied
that a smelter win be erected there
very soon, II we remember rightly
they were just as confident on this
point several years ago. However,
we hope that lightning viii strike the
old pueblo before long.
In the District Court at Tombstone,
the case of Jerry Barton, indicted fer
killing L. J. Swift at Fairbank, was,
upon motion Of defendants counsel,
confined for the terra, owing to the
absence Of one Crane, material wit.
ness who could not be found.
The two locomotives fdr the Marco.
pc & Phoenix road arrived at the ma
chime shops Saturday and are now
| beiug put in shape for the road. They
are l0-wheelers and are from the Bald
win Locomotive Works in Philadel-
phia. One Is named "Phenix" and
! the other Tempe. Citizen,
/ Governor Ross, Of New Mexico, has
issued requlsition papers for Charley
Small, now in Cochiae county Jail, and
| the sheriff Of that county viii secure
the reward offered by the governor for
Small's arrest. Charles viii answer
I to the New Mexico authorities for
completely in the killing made some
months ago on the Mimbres. Clarion.
! When the work Of sinking new
shafts aud putting in new hoisting
works aud pumps in the big Tomb
stone mines is completed, those .sp,
I eSties are espseted 10 soon gtvsi their
former large produc..,an Of sllyer. The
owners Of IT, mines certainly show
| great eGGtidenoe IN them hy making
| g ,arge an outlay of money, after *
/ many dishesrteDiug disasters.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-06-04

AS foreshadowed in these columns
several weeks ago, a proclamation has
been issued, prohibiting, except after
sixty days quarantine, the importa-
ton of cattle into Arizona from the
States of New York, Vermont, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Vir-
ginia, Illinois and District of COlum.
bia, on account Of the prevalence in
those States of pleuro-pueumonia.
Importatious from England, Scotland
and the Dominion Of Canada ale also
interdicted. This action is timely and
relieves the cattle interest of this
Territory Of a threatening danger.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-06-04
HAS TnE BENSON IIAR KEyEALED HIN.
sEAFs


From the I'll Paso Rcppblcs.l
Jack Kyle, the we'll known cattle.
man, who makes headquarters in this
city, but ranches IN Southern Arizona,
near the line Of Mexico, Is spending a
few days in III Paso. Jack says that
on the day of the earthquake he was
travelling on horseback and alone from
Tombstone to Palomanes. The road
was down the valley Of the San Pc
dro, a stream noted for its high banks,
which are usually from fifteen to
twenty feet above the water. The
first iutimatjon was given by the reel
ing of his horse, caused, as he thought
by sudden attack Of blind Staggers,
but in an instant the ground opene3
in front Of him and discharged streams
of water aud beautiful white sand.
Jack says Shsse streams Of water gush
ing from openings in the earth were
noticeable for miles, but only con.
tinued to flow for short time. The
sand, however, and cracks in the
earth may yet be seen in the San Pc.
dro valley. Mr. Kyle is an old from.
uersman, who knows no fear, bat adj
mit9 that on the occasion above re.
ferred to, he did feel littie squirm
igh
Arizona silver belt., 1887-06-04

The Bankers Magazine, of New
York, unwittingly gives good evidences
to prove the circulation Of SILVER dol
lars when it says, in a recent issue:
"Of that in circulation, probably each
dollar finds its way into the Treasury
every year" As each dollar must so
out before it can come back, and as the
Treasury reports show about $685.
SO8,094 of silver in circulation, March
81, in coin and certificates, 1T proves "a
satisfactory actiyity.-Mining Review.